Fruit and vegetable slicer.



P. G. MOWER. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SLICER. APPLICATION FILED MAY4,1911.

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F. G. MOWBR.

FRUIT AND VBGBTABLE SLIDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY4,1911.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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FRUIT AND VEGEIABLE SLIUER.

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atentcd Aue'. 18, 1914.

Appication filed May et, 1911. Serial No. 624,906.

lie it known that I, .Fano L. Mownu, a citizen of the United States, residing;l at Antrim, county of Hillsboro, Slate of New llampshire, have invented an Improv-ement in lruit and Vegetable Slicers, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like letters on the drawing` representing like parts.

This 'invention relates to a slic-er adapted for slicing fruits or vegetables and has for its object to provide a simple slicer which has a novel automatic feed which will alltomatically and yieldingly feed the article to be sliced against the slicing hnifc and which has a novel construction by which the feeding means can be rendereifl inoperative er held out of operation, and which has other features of improvement, all as will be more fully hereinafter described and then pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings wherein l have shown a selected embodiment of the invention7 .Figure l is a side view of the Slicer showing it elaniped to a table, shelf or other support; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the slieer; Fig. 3 is a section on the line a:--zv, Fig. 2; Fig. t is a section through the slieing knife; Fig. is an end view of the slieer looking;` toward the right, Fig.` l.; Fig.

( is a section on the ,line guy/5 Fig. l; Fig. 7 is a detail of the locking' means :tor the follower.

My improved sheer comprises a frame l which is herein shown as being provided with a clamp L of some suitable construction by which it may be clamped to a table or other Support 5, said frame being provided with a table 2 on which the article 3 to be sliced is supported. The frame is pro vided with bearings 6 in which is rotatably mounted a shaft 7 that extends longitudt nally of the table at one side thereof and that carries at one end a rotary slicing member of some suitable construction. The slicing' member herein shown comprises a plurality of slicingI blades o carried by a hub il() that is mounted on the shaft 7 and 'a guard plate or disk Sl also carried by said shaft and having; openings l() adjacent the blades t5. The blades and guard plate can be adjusted relative to each other thereby to vary the thickness of Vthe slice, and this is herein accoinplishedby making the guard plate El adjustable longiteulinally of the shaft. .its seen in Figi'. l the end of the shaft is fci'e\\'-tlu'cadcll at $3] and an adjusting nut &2 is :'.crc.rthrcaded onto the shaft and abuts against the hub of the guard plate. A set screw S-lholds the hub and guard plate in adjusted position. The thickness of the slice is determined by the space between thc `guard plate El and the blades 8 and the adjusting nut 32 provides a means for securing' an accurate and minute adjustment of the guard plate. ,liu operation the article El to be sliced is held against the guard plate l and as the blades rotate they cut slices from the article i and these slices are ejected through the openings It).

'llhc table ".2 has associated therewith a guiding' flange 1l which extends :from one edge thereof aud which assists in holding the article 3 in proper position. The article is forced toward the slicing; member by means of a follower l2 which is herein lshown as slidably and pivotally sustained by the shaft 7. For this purpose the follower is formed with the boss or bearing 13 through which the shaft loosely extends. This permits the follower to be swung` from its operative position shown in full lines Fig. I?, to its inoperative position shown in dotted lines in said figure, and also t0 be moved back and forth over the table 2. The follower has` connected thereto a flexible connection 1-lwhich is wound around and is secured to a pulley l5 that is loosely jourualed on a stud 'lo extendingy from the f ame V1. rlhis stud is encircled by a spring 17 one end of which is fastened to the stud as at le, and the other end of which is secured to the pulley 15, as at 19, so that the spring tends normally to turn the pulley 15 in a direction to wind up the cord or flexible connection 14- thereon. This spring and cord thus constitute automatically-operative means tending` to force the follower toward the slicing' member. The face of the follower is preferably provided with projet tions Q() which engage the article 3 to be sliced.

ln operating; the device.` the follower 1Q is pulled baclovardly sufficiently to permit the article to bc placed on the table between it and the slicingy member, and when the follower is released the spring' L7 acts to force the follower forwardly against the article ZE and to move the article against the guard plate 9. The article may then be sliced by simply rotatingl the shaft 7, said shaft being provided with a crank handle 2l for this purpose. During the slicing operation the operator is not required to give any attention to the feeding of the article 3, for the sin-ing IT will automatically feed the article so that all the slices which are cut will be of the saine thickness.

The bearing 6 at the left-hand end of the frame in Figs. l and 2 limits the feeding movement of the follower and thus prevents it from coming into position to be struck by the knives In the present einliiodiment of my invention the table 2 is in the forni of a piece oi' sheet metal secured to the arms 23 extending from the frame, and this sheet metal is bent up at one edge to form the guiding flange ll. The frame is provided with a notch 2e near the right-hand end and the boss 13 of the follower is provided with a locking finger which is adapted to enter said notch when the follower is swung about the shaft 7, dotted lines Fig. 3. lhen it is desired to lock the follower in its retracted position, said follower' may be withdrawn into such retracted position and then swung about the shaft to cause the iinger 25 to enter into the notch 24.

Hy device it will be seen is extremely simple and can be easily operated.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In a fruit and vegetable slicer, the combination with a frame having a table to support the article to be sliced, of a shaft journaled in the frame and extending longitudinally of the table, a rotary slicer susta ined by the shaft at the end of the table, and a spring-pressed follower slidably mounted on the shaft and also adapted to turn thereabout, said frame having a notch, a linger on the follower adapted to enter said notch when the follower is turned about the shaft away from the table, said notch being situated to lock the follower in its retracted position.

In a fruit and vegetable slicer, the combination with a frame having a table to support the article to be sliced and provided with a flange depending from the table, of a shaft journaled in the frame adjacent to said iiange, a rotary slicer sustained by the shaft at the end of the'table, a spring pressed follower slidably mounted on the shaft and also adapted to turn thereabout, said flange having a notch and a linger rigid with the follower and adapted to enter said notch when the follower is turned about its shaft away from the table, said notch being situated to lock the follower in its retracted position.

.In testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specication, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRED G. MOVER.

Witnesses HENRY A'. HURLIN, ETTA B. FULTON.

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